What does midst mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. midst, thicknoun

    the location of something surrounded by other things

    "in the midst of the crowd"

Wiktionary

  1. midstnoun

    A place (literal or metaphoric) in the middle of something.

  2. midstpreposition

    among, in the middle of

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Midstadjective

    Midmost; being in the middle.

    Etymology: contracted from middest, the superlative of mid.

    On earth join all ye creatures to extol
    Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end. John Milton.

    In the Slighted Maid, there is nothing in the first act but what might have been said or done in the fifth; nor any thing in the midst which might not have been placed in the beginning. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

  2. Midstnoun

    Middle.

    All is well when nothing pleases but God, being thankful in the midst of his afflictions. Jeremy Taylor, Guide to Devotion.

    Arise, ye subtle spirits, that can spy
    When love is enter’d in a female’s eye;
    You that can read it in the midst of doubt,
    And in the midst of frowns can find it out. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. midst

    Midst generally refers to the middle point or part of something. It can also be defined as the position of being among or surrounded by something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Midstnoun

    the interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest

  2. Midstnoun

    hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs

  3. Midst

    in the midst of; amidst

  4. Midstadverb

    in the middle

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Midst

    midst, n. the middle.—adv. in the middle.—prep. amidst. [From the M. E. phrase in middle-s, in the midst, with excrescent t (cf. whil-s-t).]

Editors Contribution

  1. midstnoun

    My pure gold streets. 1.) Miles intersecting divined military intelligence estimated in weight. 2.) A cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the Earth's surface limiting visibility, but to a lesser extent than fog; strictly, with visibility remaining above 1.5 miles.

    God's throne is untouchable in the midst of the surface.

    Etymology: Spirit realm


    Submitted by Tony_Elyon on February 29, 2024  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of midst in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of midst in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of midst in a Sentence

  1. Mitch Barnhart:

    We are appreciative of that support, as it is a bridge until such time as state and/or federal laws are enacted, the landscape of college sports is now in the midst of dramatic and historic change — perhaps the biggest set of shifts and changes since scholarships were first awarded decades ago.

  2. Stephen Innes:

    Tossing aside the short-term nature of fluctuations around the inventory data, it's impossible to escape the economic reality that we are in the midst of a global manufacturing downturn.

  3. Christina Johns:

    I think that that's an important point that needs to be made, especially right now while we are still in the midst of this pandemic, it is difficult to tell the difference without a test. There are some trends. Typically for influenza, the clinical hallmark is high fever, and that occurs less so in the common cold and is not always a feature of Covid-19 infection.

  4. Abdul Mohsen:

    You and everyone can imagine what the situation is like in times of war, deir Ezzor is in the midst of all this. It is impossible to live in, and those who have stayed really have absolutely nowhere to go, no shelter, no home, nothing. Luckily, we managed to leave and hopefully secure for our children a safer life.

  5. Paul Spoonley:

    I think most people wouldn't have understood either that we had an important Muslim community in our midst, or that we had extremist terrorists who were prepared to articulate and to attack on the basis of extremist views, we were very complacent on both scores.

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